StG,
Not sure of what the band is doing ,but Bevan Yunupingu, the great yidaki player is playing good footy and kicking a heap of goals in Broome in his spare time .

Being a Kiwi StG, you must get a buzz hearing your National Anthem in Maori before international Rugby games . Not to mention that great song of defiance the Haka .

I long for our own version to be sung alongside those of the other Pacific Islands nations .

We non Indigenous Australians are simply missing out on a wonderfull part of our culture - Geoffrey Yunupingu in a tunefull and passionate language that we don't need to understand ,may help change that .

I'm Caucasian and very proud to have the anthem sung in Maori at the start. We're all very proud of the Haka, as well. Gives me the goosies every time I hear it. There's always some that are uncomfortable with the Maori part, but they tend to be the SOME from the older generations or have some sorta racial issues in their head. On the whole we're all very proud to share our national identity with eachother.

I'd love to see the local Indigenous culture be something other than appearing to be pulled out for the sake of impressions or for the tourists.

StG ,

Geoffrey will be appearing at the Melbourne Inernational Arts Festival between the 21st to the 24th of October 2008.

Concert details and some of his latest album are at http://www.myspace.com/gurrumul for those that want a glimpse of the man and his wonderfull music.

Stg,unfortunately for the Kiwis ,the tongues didn't come out far enough to scare the Aussies into submission with the Rugby last weekend!

What would have been the score with our own challenge Cobba-Cobba ??!